Due to this weekend’s high temperatures, cooling stations will be open in New Bedford today, Saturday, July 20 and tomorrow, Sunday, July 21. All five libraries are open Saturday, July 20, as usual, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Main Library – 613 Pleasant Street Casa Da Saudade – 58 …
Read More »Buttonwood Park Zoo welcomes female Red Panda
The Buttonwood Park Zoo is now home to not one, but two, endangered red pandas. In its monumental 125th year of operation, the Buttonwood Park Zoo opened its very first red panda habitat by welcoming a young red panda named Jacob. Jacob arrived in June of 2018 from Cleveland Metroparks …
Read More »Arizona Man Sentenced for Threatening Harvard Black Commencement Attendees in 2017
An Arizona man was sentenced yesterday in connection with posting threats to bomb Harvard and shoot attendees at the Black Commencement event held in May 2017. Nicholas Zuckerman, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In …
Read More »Faces Of New Bedford #214: Simone Cardoso
Meet Simone Cardoso, 24-year-old Singer, Songwriter, and Vocal Instructor. Simone has been singing for as long as she can remember. Her parents noticed her natural ability at such a young age and enrolled her in private singing lessons at Christine’s Studio of Performing Arts. She was the studio’s very first …
Read More »Public Safety Committee recommends allocating $250k for construction of rear entrance at Pulaski School
New Bedford’s Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods is recommending to the City Council that the Administration allocates $250,000 for the construction of a rear entrance to the Pulaski School to alleviate the traffic flow issues in the area. The recommendation will be heard at tonight’s New Bedford City Council …
Read More »Hospitality & Tourism coming to New Bedford High School
New Bedford High School officially added Hospitality and Tourism to its Career Vocational Technical Education program, continuing its expansion of vocational education in the district. The program is connected to the National Academy Foundation (NAF), and the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism is the 5th NAF program at the high …
Read More »St. Luke’s Hospital starts construction on a new, $14 million Intensive Care Unit
Mayor Jon Mitchell joined Southcoast Health President & CEO Keith Hovan on a tour of the future site of a new, $14 million intensive care unit under construction at St. Luke’s Hospital. The leaders are shown here looking over design plans. Southcoast Health is investing $14 million in a new …
Read More »Massachusetts Troopers arrest four for trafficking narcotics
Yesterday, shortly after midnight, Trooper Blakeley Pottinger and his field training officer Trooper Michael Leslie, assigned to State Police-Shelburne Falls, were on patrol in Bernardston. While traveling on Route 91 northbound they observed a gray Mitsubishi Outlander operating erratically over the lane markings. They subsequently caught up to the SUV …
Read More »Four City Councilors call for installation of prohibited activities signs at New Bedford pocket parks
The following motion is scheduled for the New Bedford City council session on Thursday, Jul 18. WRITTEN MOTION: Councillors Giesta, Abreu, Lopes, and Rebeiro, requesting in the interest of public safety that the Department of Public Infrastructure, install signs at all Pocket Parks throughout the City with the following information: …
Read More »Excessive Heat Watch in effect for Massachusetts for Saturday
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued an Excessive Heat Watch, which is in effect from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * HEAT INDEX VALUES…Up to 107 due to temperatures in the mid to upper 90s, and dewpoints in the low to mid 70s. * TIMING…From 11 AM Saturday …
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